MTEDS 23: Conference program

May 2, 2023

Tufts University: 177 College Ave Medford, MA 02155

and Hybrid over Zoom

(Plus companion workshop on May 3: see https://go.tufts.edu/DataSov)

  • 8:30am – 9am: Registration and Breakfast
  • 9:00am – 9:15am: Welcome greetings
  • 9:15am – 9:45am: Beyond case studies: Teaching data science critique and ethics through sociotechnical surveillance studies (Nicholas Rabb and Desen Ozkan)
  • 9:45am – 10:15am: Discussion (Chair: Peter Levine)
  • 10:15am-10:30am Coffee Break
  • 10:30am- 11:00am: Data Science Ethos: A tool for operationalizing ethics in data science (Micaela Parker)
  • 11am-11:30am Discussion (Chair: Benedetta Giovanola)
  • 11:30 – noon: What’s next for MTEDS24 (Chair: Sarah Hladikova)
  • Lunch break: 12:00pm -1:30pm
  • Afternoon Session: Ethics Case Studies/2 Parallel Tracks
  • Track 1:
    • 1:30-2pm The Lakeview Times (Lenore Cowen)
    • 2-2:30pm Chatbots: A Case Study (Karin Knudson)
    • 2:30-3pm: Who owns our data? Indigenous data sovereignty (Kyle Monahan and Joseph Robertson)
  • Track 2:
    • 1:30-2pm Irena at HelpMe! (Robin Tharakan)
    • 2-2:30pm Case Study: Artful Ventures (Sarah Hladikova)
    • 2:30-3pm Toward Ethics of Materiality in Data Science (Madeline Tachibana)

.Please register (lunch count for in person participants and zoom password will be sent to virtual participants:

https://go.tufts.edu/mteds2023

Zoom link for the virtual sessions (password provided upon registration):

https://tufts.zoom.us/j/97832191033

We thank Tufts DISC and the National Science Foundation for Supporting this workshop!